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<br /> ISSUE 167<br /> NOVEMBER 2014<br /> ICAEW.COM/CFF<br /> GROWTH | OPPORTUNITIES | EXPERTISE<br /> SOUNDOFTHE<br /> CROWD<br /> IS EQUITY CROWDFUNDING A FAD – OR THE FUTURE?<br /> BIG ON FLAIR CAPTURING ENTREPRENEURIAL SPIRIT CHANGING GEAR THE SMALL BUSINESS BILL<br /> DEPENDABLE<br /> Our super experienced team have worked in Asset Based Lending for an average of<br /> 15 years, backed by a bank that has been in the UK for 150 years. We're a funding partner<br /> that delivers on our promises, with an ability to raise finance quicker and at keener<br /> price levels. 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Some may help addr</a> <a title="Corporate Financier NOVEMBER 14 page 21" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/e924972f?page=21"> COVER STORY EASY COME, EASY GO On 19 September e</a> <a title="Corporate Financier NOVEMBER 14 page 22" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/e924972f?page=22"> Instinct would suggest that the failure rate woul</a> <a title="Corporate Financier NOVEMBER 14 page 23" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/e924972f?page=23"> REGULATION GRUNDINI/IKON Shelter from the storm</a> <a title="Corporate Financier NOVEMBER 14 page 24" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/e924972f?page=24"> INTO HYPERSPACE A new report demonstrates that ma</a> <a title="Corporate Financier NOVEMBER 14 page 25" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/e924972f?page=25"> HYPERGROWTH SOURCE: HYPERGROWTH INSIGHTS STUDY </a> <a title="Corporate Financier NOVEMBER 14 page 26" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/e924972f?page=26"> ALLMAKES 4X4 Car Parts & Accessories ASSET BASED </a> <a title="Corporate Financier NOVEMBER 14 page 27" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/e924972f?page=27"> SAME TEAM. 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